Chart



Patented Mai. 13, i923.

i' narra sfrailisv maas' nonna o. alcancen, or CHARLOTTE, noa'rncaaotnef CHART.

Application inea october 12, 1920. sei-,iai No. 416,345. y

T 0 all whomz't 'may concer/a vBe it known that I, Hoarau O'. MUnDocH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at' Charlotte, in the county oflllecklenburg and State of North Carolina, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Charts, of

which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to indicating charts l f bers 10 and 11 will becrossed out, sovtliat and has for an lobj ect the provision of means 10for keeping-'track of the time at which medi-A cine is to beadministered to a person, so that mistakes and confusion is avoided whenmore than one person is acting in the capacity of nurse.

Another object is the provisionot an indicating chart of the abovecharacter which has associated therewith the usual physiciansprescription blank, so that each prescription will have its ownindicating chart which is severed therefrom.

Other objects and advantageous of the invention will appear as the*following description is read in connection with the accompanyingdrawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a View of a chart shown in connection with aphysicians 'perscription blank.

Figure 2 shows the chart separated the blank.

Figure 3 is a view ol? a modified form of chart. v

Figure 4 is a view of a still further modified form of chart.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the invention as illustrated inFigure 2 is formed of a sheet of paper which is divided into spaces 10containing indicia for indicating the various days of the week, forexample, S indicating Sunday, M. Monday, T., Tuesday, etc. Disposed atright angles to the spaces 10 and located beneath said spaces arecolumns 11, two of such columns being provided for each space 10. Thecolumns contain vertical rows of numbers from 1 to 12 which are designedto represent the hours of a. day. One column beneath each space isprovided at its top with the letters A. M. to indicate anti-meridian,while the top 'of the other column of each space contains the letters P.M. to indicate post-meridian. The columns of numbers located under A. M.is of a color to distinguish it from the numbers beneath P.' M., so thatmorning and evening may be readily distinguished.

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The columns 11 are interrupted to provide a blank space 12`a't the lowerendv of ythe chart vfor, the insertionfot indicia to distin- `guis'hLthe fractional parts of an hour.

,ln the use of the chart, should the physt` cian prescribe the medicineto beadmmis- "tered every two hours`and7the tirst dose given at 10oelock A. M., Sunday, thenumany person consulting thechart will readilysee that the next dose is to be administered at 12 oclock. rlhis methodof crossing out the numbers will be followed throughout the use of thechart so that the next uncrossed number will be the time foradministering the next dose of medicine. Should the time be 10:30 orv10:45, 8O or L15 may be written in the space 12 provided for minutesand the nurse or other person administering the dose may readilydetermine the correct time.

ln Figure 1 the chart is shown in connection with a physiciansprescription blank which is indicated at 13. The chart in all otherrespects is similar to that described in Figure 2, while a lperforatedline 14C separates the prescription blank and chart so that they may beseparated. Then made into pad or tablet form, the chart forms aconvenient rest for the hand orn the physician when writing theprescription. In Figure 3 there is illustrated an exceedingly simpleformot the invention. ln'. this form they spaces for containing theindications for the days of the week are shown at 15 and contain theiirst letters of each day as explained in connection with the precedingform of the invention. Vertical columnsl are provided beneath each space15 by means of spaced vertical lines 17. rFhe columns16 are divided byhorizontally disposed lines 18 so as to define separate spaces whichextend both vertically and horizontally beneath each of the spaces 15.To the eXtreme lett of the chart a relatively large space 19 isprovided. This space is in horizontal alignment with the spaces providedby the lines 18 and contains the word Date. When using this form of thechart the time at which the dose i oit medicine is due, or should begiven, is indithe left hand edge of the chart. The topmost spaceconta-ins the name Date and the spaces 2O in horizontal alignment withthis Word are adapted to have Written therein the days of the month.Each of the spaces 21 beneath the Word Date contains the Word Due andthe hour at Which the medicine is due may be Written in the spaces 2Obeneath the dates.-

While the invention is shown and described for the use of keeping trackof the time for prescribing medicine, it is useful for many otherpurposes and it is therefore not the purpose of the present applicationto restrict the invention to this particular use. y

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right in herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is zyAn indicating chartcomprising` a sheet scored to provide vertical spaces having indicia atthe top indicating the days ott the Week, said spaces being furtherdivided to provide vertical spaces having indicia at the top indicatinganti-meridian and postmeridian and each of the last mentioned spaceshaving numbers from l to 12 indicating divisions of a day and arelatively wide blank space beneath thev numbers upon which fractionalparts of an hour may be Written, in combination with a physiciansprescription blank and a line of perforations separating the chart andblank.

In testimony whereof I affix my sicfnature.

Homan o. MURDicH.

